LawgistThe Army Act
158Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
(1) Subject to such restrictions, reservations or conditions as may be contained in any warrant issued under section 154 or section 155 and to the provision of sub-section (2), a confirming authority may, when confirming the sentence of a court-martial, mitigate or remit the punishment thereby awarded, or commute that punishment for any punishment or punishments lower in the scale laid down in section 71.
(2) A sentence of transportation shall not be commuted for a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding the term of transportation awarded by the Court.
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CONFIRMATION AND REVISION
- 153 Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed
- 154 Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial
- 155 Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial
- 156 Limitation of powers of confirming authority
- 157 Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-martial
- 158 Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
- 159 Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship
- 160 Revision of finding or sentence
- 161 Finding and sentence of a summary court-martial
- 162 Transmission of proceedings of summary court-martial
- 163 Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
- 164 Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial
- 165 Annulment of proceedings
